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United Congregational Church of Holyoke (Holyoke, Mass.) Records, ca.1830-1990

9 boxes (13.5 linear feet)

Call no.: MS 787

First Congregational Church, ca.1910

The present day United Congregational Church of Holyoke is the product of complex history of growth and consolidation of five separate churches responding to the changing demographics and spiritual needs of the city. Established in 1799, the First Congregational Church in Holyoke was initially a small congregation perched above the floodplain south of the center of town, sharing preachers with the equally sparse population of Baptists until the establishment of the First Baptist Church in 1826. The First Congregational Church was finally erected in 1838, and ten years later, the Second Church was established in to serve the needs of the growing Protestant population in the city center, building their own church in 1853 as the mill economy was booming. Reaching out to the millworkers, members of the Second Church opened the Grace Mission in 1870, which spun off into its own church in 1896. Skinner Chapel was founded in 1909 as an addition to the Second Congregational Church, dedicated to the prominent Skinner family. Finally, the German Reformed Church was organized in 1892, though meetings were held years earlier. In the latter part of the twentieth century, however, declining memberships in each of these churches led to a series of mergers, beginning in 1961 when the German Reformed Church united with the First Congregational to become the First United Congregational Church. Grace Church and the First UCC merged in 1973 to become Grace United, and in 1996, Grace joined with the Second Congregational Church to become the present UCC of Holyoke.

The records of the UCC of Holyoke document over 200 years of the ecclesiatical history of an industrial city. In addition to records of membership, baptisms, marriages, and church governance, the collection includes valuable records of the women’s missionary society, the German Maenner Bund, and a long run of church newsletters that offer insight into the weekly course of events in the religious community. Materials relating to Skinner Chapel are part of the collections of Wistariahurst Museum.

Types of material

United States Works Progress Administration of Massachusetts Water Pollution Surveys Collection, 1936-1938

1 box (0.5 linear feet)

Call no.: MS 068

Under the federal New Deal in the late 1930s, the Works Project Administration authorized a series of surveys of major watersheds to gauge water quality and sources of pollution. In Massachusetts, the studies were coordinated by the Massachusetts Department of Health and resulted in a series of more or less detailed reports issued between September 1936 and January 1938.

The pollution survey collection contains reports for six major watersheds in New England — the Blackstone, Hoosic, Housatonic, Merrimack, Nashua, and Ten Mile — measuring the impact of both civic and industrial waste on regional water resources.

The Vietnamese Students Association hosted a Vietnamese New Year celebration at the Campus Center of the University of Massachusetts Amherst on February 20, 1985. Collection contains twelve photographs and a program listing sponsors, speakers, performers, the sequence of events, descriptions of ancestor worship, the legend of the earth and the sky cakes, the menu, and some song lyrics.

Subjects

Amherst (Mass.)--Social life and customs

University of Massachusetts Amherst--Students--Social life and customs

Vietnamese New Year--Massachusetts--Photographs

Vietnamese Students Association (University of Massachusetts at Amherst)

Established in 1957, the Western Massachusetts Bridge Association (WMBA) Unit 196 was created by founding members of the Springfield Bridge Club eager to share their love for the game with the wider western Massachusetts area. The unit played a prominent role in teaching interested individuals to learn to play contract bridge by reaching out to colleges, clubs, and churches. Over the years, WMBA has remained an active unit in the New England Bridge Conference District 25, one of the largest districts of the American Contract Bridge Association.

Records of the WMBA and District 25 document the growth of contract bridge in New England. From the earliest days of the unit, members drafted by-laws, oversaw membership services, organized tournaments, and tracked finances. Materials in the collection shed light on every aspect of these activities.

Records of the Western Massachusetts Health Planning Council consist of health system plans, determination of need reports, and subjects files realting to various regional hospital and health care facilities.

Situated in a region known for its progressive spirit, the Western Massachusetts Library Club was established in 1898 to respond to the unique needs of librarians overseeing small or rural libraries, and to foster camaraderie among local colleagues. Almost immediately, however, the club expanded its focus, taking positions on issues ranging from modern library practices to national legislation and leading the way in the expansion of services for public libraries, all while maintaining its identity as an advocate for local libraries and librarians.

The collection is richest in records that document the early history of the club including detailed meeting minutes, news clippings, programs, and circulars. Beginning in the late 1960s, the club’s activities are captured primarily through membership lists and meeting notices and programs. Taken together, the records trace the growth of the WMLC for more than a century from its establishment to the present.

The Western Massachusetts Regional Library System was formed in 1962 as the Western Regional Public Library System, one of two organizations that provided professional support for the public librarians of the Commonwealth. Through the years, the two regions increased to three and then six, with the west consistently serving as a voice for the many small libraries that comprise its membership. Supported by funds from the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners, WMRLS provided a range of services, including continuing education for librarians; bookmobiles, delivery services, and interlibrary loan; reference support; catalog support and online databases; and youth services; as well as a purchasing cooperative. Following the national economic crisis in 2008-2009, WMRLS was consolidated with the other five regional library systems in Massachusetts and in June 2010, merged into the Massachusetts Library System.

The WMRLS collection contains a complete run of its newsletter from 1962 to 2010, copies of newsletters for continuing education and youth services, and a small assortment of administrative documents relating to its history and the services it provided.

See Faculty/Staff Biography, Lists, Directories (collective) See also Individual Members of Faculty and Staff RG-40/11

Biological Hazards Committee (Research and Graduate Studies)

RG-9/1/2/4

Biological Sciences Library (1962- )

RG-8/3/9

Biology

RG-25/B6

See also Zoology Department RG-25/Z5; Botany Department RG-25/B8

Biology, Plant

RG-25/P4.5

See Plant Biology

Biomedical Research Support Grants

RG-9/2/3

See Faculty Research Grant, Biomedical Research Support Grant (F RG/BS RG) (Research and Graduate Studies)

Biopharmaceutical Research Unit

RG-17/1

See Public Health, Division of--Biopharmaceutical Research Unit

BIOrhythms (1997- )

RG-25/B6/00

Biosci Journal (1995- )

RG-25/B6/00

Note: A journal of undergraduate research at UMass/Amherst.

Biostatistics Technical Reports (1977)

RG-17/1

See Public Health, Division of--Biostatistics Technical Reports ;

Biotechnology Program

RG-25/B7

Biotechnology Program Committee (1985- )

RG-40/2/B5

Bisexual Concerns

RG-40/2/G2

See Gay, Lesbian and Bisexual Concerns, The Chancellors Task Force on (1993- ); Gay, Lesbian, and Bisexual Concerns, Support Group for RG-40/2/G3; Programs for Gay, Lesbian and Bisexual Concerns RG-30/2/6

Bits and Bytes (1965-1989)

RG-29/00/1

Black and other Minority Students, Committee for the Collegiate Education of

RG-6/4/12

See Committee for the Collegiate Education of Black and other Minority Students (CCEBMS) (1967- )

Black Culture Center (New Africa House)

RG-30/26

Black Mass Communications Project (BMCP) (1968- )

RG-45/30/B4

Black Repertory Theatre

RG-25/T3.6

Black Student Union

RG-45/19

Black Students at UMass and in Western Massachusetts

RG-45/15

See also Protests and Demonstrations RG-45/101; Student Life RG-1/204; New Africa House RG-36/100; Lecturers from outside the University RG-1/12

Black Studies Program

RG-25/A4

See Afro-American Studies, W.E.B. Du Bois Dept. of See also Five College Cooperation RG-60/5; Five College Black Studies RG-60/5/3

See also Lectures (Faculty and Staff) RG-40/1/2; Chancellor's Lecture Series (1975-1986) RG-186/1

Distinguished Teaching Awards

RG-1/11

See Awards, Prizes

Distinguished Visitor's Program (DVP) (1960-1996)

RG-45/50/D5

Diversity and Development, Center for

RG-45/80/C4

See Center for Diversity and Development (CDD) (1996- )

Diversity and Social Justice, Counsel on Community

RG-4/17

See Counsel on Community, Diversity and Social Justice (1997)

Diversity Office, Equal Opportunity and

RG-4/7

See Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity and Diversity Office

Divine Light Club

RG-45/70/D5

See Divine Light Mission

Divine Light Mission (Religious Group) (1973- )

RG-45/70/D5

Doctoral Dissertations (1911- )

RG-46/1

See UMass Library catalog for holdings; See also Theses and Dissertations (Films and Videotapes)

Documents, Government (Library) (1955- )

RG-8/3/3

Donahue Institute

RG-3/8

See Institute for Governmental Services (IGS), Donahue

Dormitory and Area Government

RG-32

See Housing Services

DPC

RG-35/7

See Data Processing Center (DPC)

Dr. Suess Club (1956)

RG-45/40/D7

Draft Counseling Services (1981)

RG-45/80/D7

Dramatic Society

RG-45/40/M3

See MAC Dramatic Society

Drill Team, Equestrian

RG-45/40/E6

See Equestrian Drill Team

Drop-Out Problem, Student

RG-40/2/R5

See Retention Committee--Student Drop-Out Problem (1985- )

Drug Drop-In Center

RG-30/10

See Room to Move

Drum (1970-1988)

RG-45/00/D7

DSA

See Democratic Socialist of America (DSA)

DTA

RG-1/11

See Awards, Prizes (Distinguished Teaching Awards)

Du Bois Department of Afro-American Studies, W. E. B.

RG-25/A4

See Afro-American Studies, W.E.B. Du Bois Department of

Duplicate Collection

RG-99

Duplicate Collection, Alumni Materials

RG-99/1

Duplicate Collection, Annual Reports (1863-1989)

RG-99/2

Duplicate Collection, Buildings and Grounds (Distinguished Architecture for a State University) (1966)

RG-99/3

Duplicate Collection, Catalogs (Bulletin Series) (1914- )

RG-99/4

Duplicate Collection, Chancellors Lecture Series (1974-1978)

RG-99/5

Duplicate Collection, Histories of Campus (1917, 1933, 1963)

RG-99/6

Duplicate Collection, Missions and Goals, A Report of the Commission on (1976)

RG-99/8

Duplicate Collection, Stosag (Stockbridge School) (1961- )

RG-99/9

Duplicate Collection, The Index (1871- )

RG-99/7

Duplicating (Administrative Services)

RG-35/9

Durfee Garden (Physical Plant) (1993- )

RG-36/104/D8

DVP

RG-45/50/D5

See Distinguished Visitors Program (DVP)

Dyslexic Student Organization

RG-6/4/15

See Communication Skills Center

EAP Update (Employee Assistance Program Newsletter) (1980-1986)

RG-30/15/5

Early American Literature (1966-1983)

RG-25/E3/00

Early Campus Planning (1864-1933)

RG-6/15/1

Early Childhood Education, Center for

RG-13/4/10

See also Early Childhood Education, Center for (1967-1977) RG-13/3/19/2

East Asian Collection and Reference Library

RG-25/A8/2

East European Studies

RG-25/S7.5

See Soviet and East European Studies (Program and Committee)

Echoes (1985-1987)

RG-25/E1/00

Eco Latino

RG-45/00/C6

See The Massachusetts Daily Collegian

Economic Development

RG-4/9

See Chancellor's Working Group for Economic Development ; Center for Economic Development RG-12/12; University Center for Economic Development (1977) RG-6/4/14/2; Vice Chancellor for Research, Graduate Education and Economic Development (1993- ) RG-9/1; Office of Economic Development RG-4/15; Economic Development, Working Group on RG-4/15/1

Economic Development, Center for (School of Management)

RG-12/12

See also University Center for Economic Development RG-6/4/14/2

Economic Development, Chancellors Working Group for

RG-4/9

See Chancellors Working Group for Economic Development (Steering Committee) ; See also Economic Development, Working Group on RG-4/15/1

See Published Histories and Historian's Files ; See also Duplicate Collection, Histories of Campus RG-99/6

History Committee, University (1986-1987)

RG-40/2/H5

See also Campus Awareness Committee (1986- ) RG-40/2/C5

History Department

RG-25/H5

History Institute

RG-25/H5.5

History Newsletter (1977- )

RG-25/H5/00

History of the University

RG-1/202

History of the University, By periods (1850- )

RG-1/202/2

History of the University, General (1851-1960's)

RG-1/202/1

History Project, University

RG-1/208

See University History Project (125th Anniversary, 1987-1988)

History, Oral

RG-1/207

See Oral History

HMO (Health Maintenance Organization)

RG-30/15

See Health Services

Hobbit, The (Student Publication) (1967)

RG-45/00/H6

Hockey, Men's

RG-18/2

See Sports-Men's Hockey (1910- )

Hokkaido University Committee

RG-40/2/A3

See Foreign and International Studies Council (Faculty Senate, 1967- )

Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan

RG-2/3

See Trustee William Wheeler ; President William Smith Clark RG-3/1; Professor Horace E. Stockbridge RG-3/1; President Jean Paul Mather RG-3/1; President John Lederle RG-3/1; David Penhallow (Class of 1873) RG-50/6; See also International Agricultural Studies, Center for RG-15/4

See also Duplicate Collection--Missions and Goals, A Report of the Commission on (1976) RG-99/8 ; Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost O'Brien's Proposal-Mission and Approach (1987) RG-6/1 ; Trustees' Commission on the Future of the University (1988- ) RG-2/7

Notes from the Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs (1973-1974,1977-1978)

RG-30/00/1

NOW

RG-45/80/N7

See National Organization for Women (1989- )

NU (Hillel) (1973, 1975)

RG-45/70/H5

Nummo News (1974-1991)

RG-30/26/N8

See also NOMMO (1990-1994) RG-45/00/N6

Nursery School

RG-25/H9.5

Nurses Association, Student

RG-45/40/S7.4

See Student Nurses Association (SNA) (1987- )

Nursing

RG-17/3

Nursing Alumni Association Newsletter (1989-1993)

RG-17/3

Nursing, School of

RG-17/3

See Nursing

Nutrient Data Bank, UMass

RG-25/F5/3

See Food Science and Nutrition, Dept. of--Nutrient Data Bank, UMass

Nutrition and Human Needs, Committee on (1971)

RG-45/80/N8

Nutrition Department

RG-25/F5

See Food Science and Nutrition Department

OAPA

RG-4/3/6

See Office of Academic Planning and Assessment (OAPA)

Obituaries, Biographies (Alumni)

RG-50/00/2

See also Health Services--Obituaries (Student) RG-30/15

Occasional Papers Series (International Area Studies)

RG-25/A8/00

See Asian Studies Program and Committee ; Latin American Studies Program and Committee RG-25/L4/00 ; Near Eastern Studies Program and Committee RG-25/N4/00 ; Soviet and East European Studies Program and Committee RG-25/S75/00 ; Western European Studies Program and Committee RG-25/W3/00

Occupational Education, Center for (School of Education)

RG-13/3/17/2

Ocean Engineering Program

RG-25/O2

OCHO

RG-45/18

See Off Campus Housing Office (OCHO)

OCIS

RG-6/5/1

See Office of Computing and Information Systems (OCIS) (1988- )

Off Campus Housing Office (OCHO)

RG-45/18

Office for Cooperative Education

RG-11/31/1

See Cooperative Education, Office for

Office of Academic Planning and Assessment (OAPA)

RG-4/3/6

Office of Budgeting and Institutional Studies (OBIS)

RG-4/3/2

See also V.C. for A. and F. RG-35/1 (records held in RG-4/2-3) ; Office of Planning and Budget (OPB) RG-4/3/3.

Office of Computing and Information Systems (OCIS) (1988- )

RG-6/5/1

Office of Economic Development (OED)

RG-4/15

See also Office of Industrial Relations and Regional Development (1987- ) RG-4/10

Office of Grant and Contract Administration

RG-4/4

Office of Human Relations

RG-4/6

See Human Relations, Office of

Office of Industrial Relations and Regional Development (1987- )

RG-4/10

See also Office of Economic Development (OED) RG-4/15

Office of Information Technologies (OIT)

RG-6/5/1

See Office of Computing and Information Systems (OCIS) (1988- )

Office of Institutional Research (OIR)

RG-4/3/5

See also Office of Institutional Research and Planning (OIRP) RG-4/3/4.

Office of Institutional Research and Planning (OIRP)

RG-4/3/4

See also Executive V.C. and Provost RG-6/1 (records held in RG-4/3/4) ; Associate V.C. for Academic Affairs RG-30/1 (records held in RG-4/3/4)

A scholar of labor studies and activist, José Soler was born in New York City to a Dominican mother and Puerto Rican father and has been an activist in the cause of Puerto Rican independence and human rights since the 1970s. While a student at the University of New Mexico (BA 1972), Soler emerged as a leader in the Chicano rights organization, the Brown Berets, and while living in Puerto Rico in the late 1970s, he joined the Puerto Rican Socialist Party. Soler has subsequently worked in the labor movement as a shop steward, union organizer with UAW District 65, and labor journalist. As a committed Marxist and prolific writer and editor, he has taken part in causes ranging from anti-imperialist work in the Caribbean and Central America to the anti-apartheid struggle, and he has served on the Executive Board of the US Peace Council. From 1993 until his retirement in 2015, Soler worked as Director of the Arnold M. Dubin Labor Education Center at UMass Dartmouth where he has continued to work on behalf of public education and human rights and national self-determination.

The Soler Papers chronicle over forty years of a life-long activist’s interests and participation in left-wing political, labor, and social justice movements. There is a particular focus on topics relating to socialism and the pro-independence movement in Puerto Rico, anti-imperialist movements in South and Central America and Africa, and issues affecting Puerto Rican and Hispanic workers in the United States, New England, and the New York City area. Published and promotional materials such as periodicals, magazines, newsletters, and pamphlets make up the bulk of the collection, with extensive coverage of the concerns of the Puerto Rican Socialist Party (Partido Socialista Puertorriqueño, PSP), the Communist Party of the United States of America (CPUSA), as well as New Jersey chapters of the unions Communications Workers of America (CWA) and District 65, which eventually joined the International Union, United Automobile, Aerospace, and Agricultural Implement Workers of America (UAW). An additional seven boxes were added to the collection in June 2016, which remain unprocessed. The new materials offer additional documentation from the Dubin Labor Education Center and Soler’s work and interests in education (testing, privatization, and unions), labor, Marxist-Leninism, and various events in the United States and Latin America.

Subjects

Communications Workers of America

Labor unions--New York (State)--New York

Partido Socialista Puertorriqueño

United Automobile, Aircraft, and Vehicle Workers of America. District 65

Born in Wisconsin but raised and educated in Kansas, Frank Waugh got his first teaching job at Oklahoma State University. He went on to teach at the University of Vermont and finally settled down in Amherst, as a professor at Massachusetts Agricultural College. While at Mass Aggie, he became well know for establishing the second landscape gardening department in the country, later the department of landscape architecture. At a time when the field of landscape architecture was still taking root, Waugh’s influence was significant in shaping the profession. His contributions include numerous articles and books, the designs he planned and implemented, and the many students he taught and mentored. A natural offshoot of his work as a landscape architect, Waugh pursued other artistic avenues as well, most notably photography and etching. He served at MAC, later Massachusetts State College, for nearly forty years before retiring in 1939.

The collection includes an extensive representation of Waugh’s published articles along with biographical materials. The centerpiece, however, is the large number of photographs, lantern slides, and etchings. While his publications reveal the mind of a pioneer in his field, together these images portray the heart and soul of Waugh as an artist.